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Cost Reducing Project
Cost Reducing Project
Without present cost reducing investment the firm’s existing investments will
generate revenues, labour costs, other cash expenses and depreciation are given
in the table.
Without cost reducing With cost reducing
investment investment
Revenue 11500 11,500
Labour cost 3200 1300
Cash expenses 4500 4500
Without present cost reducing investment the firm’s existing investments will
generate revenues, labour costs, other cash expenses and depreciation are given
in the table.
Without cost reducing With cost reducing
investment investment
Revenue $15,200 $15,200
Labour cost $4,100 $1,600
Cash expenses $5,300 $5,300
Solution: forecast revenues and expenses both with and without the cost
reducing investment. Calculate the net cash flows both with and without the
cost reducing investment. Subtract ne from the other to obtain the incremental
deference due to investment. Discount the project net cash flows back to the
present and determine NPV.
Use goal seek to analyse the sensitivity analysis.
BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS
A project has a fixed cost of 30,000 variable cost of 4.00 per unit and generates
sales revenue of 6 per unit. What is the break even point in unit sales. Where
accounting profit exactly equals to zero and what is the intuition for it?